Yes, ‘Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ Is That Good

We sent Omar and Nicole, our resident movie haters — you’ve watched their video reviews, right? on the Black Nerd Problems YouTube channel? — to see the first of the year’s Superhero summer blockbusters: Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2. Do they love it?

Light Spoilers for the high points and opening act, but totally worth it. [quote_simple]“I can still hear you saying / you would never break the chain” -Fleetwood Mac[/quote_simple] Omar: Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2, man. Can we get some Ric Flair level “Wooooooos” in here as I type this? Can we turn the mic up and the hate on sequels down as I talk about this right here? Our favorite group project misfits (Peter Quill [Chris Pratt], Drax [Dave Bautista], Gamora [Zoe Saldana], Rocket [Bradley Cooper], and Baby Groot [Vin Diesel]) are back at it again, and you goin love it. We don’t get any measure for how much time has passed since the first movie, nor do we need one. All you need to know is that the Guardians have been hired by The Sovereign to protect these special batteries from attack. Nicole: Annnnnnd that could be going better. Let’s talk about Rocket and his anti-social tendencies. My dude steals some of the batteries that they’ve been paid to protect. So we’re talking a buffet of bad decision-making that results in antics throughout the galaxy while the head of the Sovereign (Elizabeth Debicki) comes for that ass. But, the backdrop of space heist, isn’t even really the story. This is a story about relationships….